PM Modi's mother Heeraben Modi dies at the age of 100

New Delhi, Dec. 30 (IANS):Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Heeraben Modi passed away at the age of 100 early on Friday morning.

She was admitted to Ahmedabad's UN Mehta Hospital after her health deteriorated.

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UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre said in a statement, "Heeraba Modi passed away on December 30 at 3.30 a.m. (early morning) during the treatment at UN Mehta Heart hospital."

Modi wrote with a heavy heart, "A glorious century rests at the feet of God. In Maa, I have always felt that trinity, which contains the journey of an ascetic, the symbol of a selfless Karmayogi and a life committed to values."

The Prime Minister met his mother for the last time at the hospital where she had been admitted on Wednesday.